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Learning the Yiddish Adjectives displayed below is vital to the language. Yiddish Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence. Here are some examples:
| English Adjectives | Yiddish Adjectives |
|---|---|
| adjectives | אַדזשיקטיווז |
| a green tree | אַ גרין בוים |
| a tall building | אַ הויך בנין |
| a very old man | אַ זייער אַלט מענטש |
| the old red house | די אלטע רויט הויז |
| a very nice friend | אַ זייער ליב פרייַנד |
Notice the structure of the Adjectives in Yiddish.
Below is a list of the Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes in Yiddish placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Yiddish vocabulary.
| English Adjectives | Yiddish Adjectives |
|---|---|
| colors | פארבן |
| black | שוואַרץ |
| blue | בלוי |
| brown | ברוין |
| gray | גרוי |
| green | גרין |
| orange | מאַראַנץ |
| purple | לילאַ |
| red | רויט |
| white | ווייַס |
| yellow | געל |
| sizes | סיזעס |
| big | גרויס |
| deep | טיף |
| long | לאַנג |
| narrow | שמאָל |
| short | קורץ |
| small | קליין |
| tall | הויך |
| thick | דיק |
| thin | דין |
| wide | ברייט |
| shapes | שאַפּעס |
| circular | קייַלעכיק |
| straight | גלייַך |
| square | קוואַדראַט |
| triangular | טרייאַנגגיאַלער |
| tastes | טייסץ |
| bitter | ביטער |
| fresh | פריש |
| salty | געזאָלצן |
| sour | זויער |
| spicy | געווירציק |
| sweet | זיס |
| qualities | מידות |
| bad | שלעכט |
| clean | ריין |
| dark | פינצטער |
| difficult | שווער |
| dirty | גראָב |
| dry | טרוקן |
| easy | גרינג |
| empty | ליידיק |
| expensive | טייַער |
| fast | פעסט |
| foreign | פרעמד |
| full | פול |
| good | גוט |
| hard | שווער |
| heavy | שווער |
| inexpensive | ביליק |
| light | ליכט |
| local | אָרטיק |
| new | נייַ |
| noisy | טומלדיק |
| old | אַלט |
| powerful | שטאַרק |
| quiet | רויק |
| correct | ריכטיק |
| slow | פּאַמעלעך |
| soft | ווייך |
| very | זייער |
| weak | שוואַך |
| wet | נאַס |
| wrong | פאַלש |
| young | יונג |
| quantities | קוואַנטאַטיז |
| few | ביסל |
| little | ביסל |
| many | פילע |
| much | פיל |
| part | טייל |
| some | עטלעכע |
| a few | עטלעכע |
| whole | גאַנץ |
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